Anger over soccer star's indecision

Updated 12.32 Wed Jun 27 2007

Keywords: Toulouse, Lille, Gignac, Football

French football authorities meet later to discuss a striker who couldn't decide which club to play with - signing for two within four days.

Andre-Pierre Gignac initially signed a contract to play with Ligue-one club Lille on Thursday. He then changed his mind and signed with rival team Toulouse on Monday, when he was offered a higher salary.

"I'm not going to fight against players who don't want to come to Lille but this sort of situation does certainly not serve the image of French football"

Lille were outraged with the decision. Michel Seydoux, President of the club, said: "We have an agreement and a written document".

However, he accepted Gignac was now a Toulouse player but expected the meeting of the French Professional Football League to prevent such an incident from happening again.

"I'm not going to fight against players who don't want to come to Lille but this sort of situation does certainly not serve the image of French football".

Toulouse said in a statement, the contract Gignac had signed for them was valid.